Alabama is grappling with how to reform an overcrowded, understaffed prison system that perpetuates violence and fails to rehabilitate prisoners. It’s a problem that has confronted many other states as their prison populations mushroomed during the era of “tough-on- crime” policies that made America the incarceration capital of the world.

Religious extremism and its relation to violent conflict

An old and familiar poison is being spread on college campuses these days: the idea that America should be a country for white people.

The promise of an education in Mississippi’s constitution is among the weakest in the nation.